MMA Top 25 by weight class through fights of November 30, 2019
Heavyweight - over 205 lbs.
| Nov Rank |
Dec Rank |
Fighter | WC | Rating | Rated Record | Org | November results; •December schedule |
| 1 | 1 | Stipe Miocic | HW | 87.72 | 14-3-0 | UFC |  |
| 2 | 2 | Daniel Cormier | HW | 67.39 | 18-2-0 | UFC | --last rated win -12 months. |
| 3 | 3 | Ryan Bader | HW | 53.92 | 21-5-0 | Bell | |
| 4 | 4 | Francis Ngannou | HW | 46.87 | 8-2-0 | UFC | |
| 5 | 5 | Cheick Kongo | HW | 32.38 | 28-10-2 | Bell | |
| 6 | 6 | Alistair Overeem | HW | 31.04 | 39-17-0 | UFC | •12/07 vs. #21 Jairzinho Rozenstruik |
| 7 | 7 | Curtis Blaydes | HW | 29.00 | 8-2-0 | UFC | |
| 8 | 8 | Philip De Fries | HW | 27.76 | 11-6-0 | KSW | |
| 9 | 9 | Fabricio Werdum | HW | 27.05 | 23-8-1 | UFC | --last rated win -24 months. |
| 10 | 10 | Alexander Volkov | HW | 26.75 | 19-6-0 | UFC | Beat Greg Hardy |
| 11 | 11 | Mirko Filipovic | HW | 24.06 | 34-11-2 | Bell | |
| 16 | 12 | Derrick Lewis | HW | 23.21 | 11-5-0 | UFC | Beat #20 Blagoy Ivanov |
| 12 | 13 | Junior dos Santos | HW | 22.33 | 15-5-0 | UFC | |
| 13 | 14 | Cain Velasquez | HW | 21.40 | 12-3-0 | UFC | --last rated win -40 months. |
| 14 | 15 | Ali Isaev | HW | 20.39 | 6-0-0 | Prof | •12/31 vs. Jared Rosholt |
| 15 | 16 | Mukhomad Vakhaev | HW | 19.87 | 4-1-1 | ACB | --last rated win -12 months. |
| 17 | 17 | Vitaly Minakov | HW | 19.65 | 14-1-0 | Bell | |
| 19 | 18 | Evgeniy Goncharov | HW | 17.67 | 5-0-0 | ACA | |
| 21 | 19 | Amir Aliakbari | HW | 16.89 | 8-1-0 | ACA | |
| 22 | 20 | Sergei Pavlovich | HW | 16.60 | 9-1-0 | UFC | |
| 24 | 21 | Jairzinho Rozenstruik | HW | 15.66 | 3-0-0 | UFC | Beat #45 Andrei Arlovski; •12/07 vs. #6 Alistair Overeem |
| 23 | 22 | Jiri Prochazka | HW | 15.47 | 10-1-1 | Rizi | |
| 48 | 23 | Linton Vassell | HW | 14.10 | 10-6-0 | Bell | Beat #18 Sergei Kharitonov |
| 25 | 24 | Augusto Sakai | HW | 13.92 | 7-1-1 | UFC | |
| 27 | 25 | Tyrell Fortune | HW | 13.80 | 3-0-0 | Bell | Beat #65 Azunna Anyanwu |
Light Heavyweight - 205 lb. limit
| Nov Rank |
Dec Rank |
Fighter | WC | Rating | Rated Record | Org | November results; •December schedule |
| 1 | 1 | Jon Jones | LH | 80.79 | 19-1-0 | UFC |  |
| 3 | 2 | Jan Blachowicz | LH | 32.33 | 19-6-0 | UFC | Beat #9 Ronaldo Souza |
| 2 | 3 | Vadim Nemkov | LH | 29.61 | 6-2-0 | Bell | |
| 4 | 4 | Phil Davis | LH | 26.95 | 16-5-0 | Bell | |
| 5 | 5 | Anthony Johnson | LH | 24.44 | 21-6-0 | UFC | --last rated win -39 months. |
| 7 | 6 | Dominick Reyes | LH | 23.82 | 7-0-0 | UFC | |
| 6 | 7 | Luke Rockhold | LH | 23.58 | 14-4-0 | UFC | --last rated win -26 months. |
| 11 | 8 | Corey Anderson | LH | 23.49 | 8-3-0 | UFC | Beat #18 Johnny Walker |
| 8 | 9 | Tomasz Narkun | LH | 23.21 | 12-3-0 | KSW | |
| 20 | 10 | Magomed Ankalaev | LH | 21.75 | 5-1-0 | UFC | Beat #13 Dalcha Lungiambula |
| 10 | 11 | Glover Teixeira | LH | 20.55 | 23-6-0 | UFC | |
| 12 | 12 | Aleksandar Rakic | LH | 19.86 | 6-0-0 | UFC | •12/21 vs. #42 Volkan Oezdemir |
| 14 | 13 | Dovletdzhan Yagshimuradov | LH | 18.01 | 5-0-0 | ACA | •12/14 vs. #26 Aleksei Butorin |
| 15 | 14 | Aung La N Sang | LH | 17.93 | 10-4-0 | One | |
| 16 | 15 | Maxim Grishin | LH | 17.86 | 16-4-2 | Prof | |
| 17 | 16 | Thiago 'Marreta' Santos | LH | 17.75 | 12-5-0 | UFC | |
| 19 | 17 | Anthony 'Lionheart' Smith | LH | 17.45 | 19-8-0 | UFC | |
| 28 | 18 | Shamil Gamzatov | LH | 16.85 | 7-0-0 | UFC | Beat #36 Klidson Abreu |
| 21 | 19 | Jordan Johnson | LH | 15.72 | 5-1-1 | Prof | •12/31 vs. Emiliano Sordi |
| 9 | 20 | Ronaldo Souza | LH | 15.58 | 22-7-0 | UFC | Lost to #3 Jan Blachowicz |
| 22 | 21 | Alonzo Menifield | LH | 15.26 | 2-0-0 | UFC | |
| 24 | 22 | Nasrudin Nasrudinov | LH | 15.11 | 2-0-0 | ACA | |
| 25 | 23 | Sean O'Connell | LH | 15.01 | 11-9-0 | Prof | |
| 26 | 24 | Ryan Spann | LH | 14.97 | 7-4-0 | UFC | |
| 27 | 25 | Muslim Magomedov | LH | 14.69 | 3-0-0 | ACA |
Middleweight - 185 lb. limit
| Nov Rank |
Dec Rank |
Fighter | WC | Rating | Rated Record | Org | November results; •December schedule |
| 1 | 1 | Israel Adesanya | MW | 64.42 | 6-0-0 | UFC |  |
| 2 | 2 | Georges St. Pierre | MW | 61.95 | 24-2-0 | UFC | --last rated win -24 months. |
| 3 | 3 | Robert Whittaker | MW | 50.38 | 12-5-0 | UFC | --last rated win -17 months. |
| 4 | 4 | Rafael Lovato Jr. | MW | 43.18 | 7-0-0 | Bell | |
| 5 | 5 | Gegard Mousasi | MW | 41.68 | 37-7-2 | Bell | |
| 6 | 6 | Paulo Henrique Costa | MW | 32.86 | 7-0-0 | UFC | |
| 7 | 7 | Jared Cannonier | MW | 32.09 | 6-4-0 | UFC | |
| 9 | 8 | Yoel Romero | MW | 27.27 | 10-4-0 | UFC | --last rated win -21 months. |
| 23 | 9 | Darren Till | MW | 25.21 | 6-2-1 | UFC | Beat #8 Kelvin Gastelum |
| 11 | 10 | Derek Brunson | MW | 22.71 | 15-7-0 | UFC | |
| 12 | 11 | Jack Hermansson | MW | 22.66 | 15-5-0 | UFC | |
| 10 | 12 | Michael Bisping | MW | 22.65 | 24-9-0 | UFC | --last rated win -37 months. |
| 13 | 13 | Scott Askham | MW | 20.93 | 10-4-0 | KSW | •12/07 vs. #35 Mamed Khalidov |
| 14 | 14 | Bruno 'Blindado' Silva | MW | 20.60 | 5-1-0 | M-1 | --last rated win -12 months. |
| 15 | 15 | Edmen Shahbazyan | MW | 20.21 | 5-0-0 | UFC | Beat #29 Brad Tavares |
| 8 | 16 | Kelvin Gastelum | MW | 19.65 | 11-5-0 | UFC | Lost to #23 Darren Till |
| 20 | 17 | John Salter | MW | 18.89 | 11-4-0 | Bell | Beat #31 Costello van Steenis |
| 16 | 18 | Salamu Abdurahmanov | MW | 18.67 | 5-0-0 | ACA | Beat Valery Myasnikov |
| 17 | 19 | Brendan Allen | MW | 16.45 | 8-2-0 | UFC | |
| 18 | 20 | Omari Akhmedov | MW | 16.30 | 7-3-1 | UFC | •12/14 #24 Ian Heinisch |
| 19 | 21 | Magomed Ismailov | MW | 16.26 | 5-1-1 | ACA | |
| 21 | 22 | Lyoto Machida | MW | 15.74 | 25-9-0 | Bell | |
| 24 | 23 | Vyacheslav Babkin | MW | 15.49 | 1-0-0 | ACA | |
| 25 | 24 | Ian Heinisch | MW | 15.30 | 8-2-0 | UFC | •12/14 vs. #20 Omari Akhmedov |
| 26 | 25 | Anatoly Tokov | MW | 15.17 | 9-1-0 | Bell |
Welterweight - 170 lb. limit
| Nov Rank |
Dec Rank |
Fighter | WC | Rating | Rated Record | Org | November results; •December schedule |
| 1 | 1 | Kamaru Usman | WW | 67.55 | 10-0-0 | UFC |  •12/14 vs. #2 Colby Covington |
| 2 | 2 | Colby Covington | WW | 53.61 | 9-1-0 | UFC | •12/14 vs. #1 Kamaru Usman |
| 3 | 3 | Tyron Woodley | WW | 46.44 | 16-4-1 | UFC | --last rated win -14 months. |
| 5 | 4 | Jorge Masvidal | WW | 43.78 | 33-13-0 | UFC | Beat #11 Nate Diaz |
| 4 | 5 | Douglas Lima | WW | 41.08 | 17-3-0 | Bell | |
| 6 | 6 | Leon Edwards | WW | 38.56 | 12-2-0 | UFC | |
| 7 | 7 | Santiago Ponzinibbio | WW | 32.41 | 9-1-0 | UFC | --last rated win -12 months. |
| 8 | 8 | Demian Maia | WW | 32.04 | 26-9-0 | UFC | |
| 9 | 9 | Jon Fitch | WW | 26.84 | 30-6-2 | Bell | |
| 37 | 10 | Anthony Rocco Martin | WW | 24.06 | 12-5-0 | UFC | Beat #10 Ramazan Emeev |
| 13 | 11 | Gilbert Burns | WW | 23.85 | 10-3-0 | UFC | |
| 14 | 12 | James Nakashima | WW | 23.48 | 9-0-0 | One | |
| 15 | 13 | Jingliang Li | WW | 23.35 | 10-3-0 | UFC | |
| 16 | 14 | Ben Askren | WW | 23.33 | 15-2-0 | UFC | |
| 17 | 15 | Magomed Magomedkerimov | WW | 23.23 | 10-0-0 | Prof | |
| 48 | 16 | Stephen Thompson | WW | 22.97 | 11-4-1 | UFC | Beat #12 Vicente Luque |
| 18 | 17 | Lorenz Larkin | WW | 22.57 | 12-7-0 | Bell | •12/28 vs. #84 Keita Nakamura |
| 25 | 18 | Albert Tumenov | WW | 22.23 | 12-4-0 | ACA | Beat #39 Beslan Ushukov |
| 19 | 19 | Geoff Neal | WW | 21.63 | 7-1-0 | UFC | •12/14 vs. #80 Mike Perry |
| 20 | 20 | Rafael dos Anjos | WW | 20.68 | 21-10-0 | UFC | |
| 22 | 21 | Jarrah Hussein Al-Silawi | WW | 19.68 | 4-1-0 | Brav | |
| 23 | 22 | Roberto Soldic | WW | 19.65 | 7-1-0 | KSW | |
| 24 | 23 | Belal Muhammad | WW | 19.41 | 11-3-0 | UFC | |
| 41 | 24 | Logan Storley | WW | 19.36 | 6-0-0 | Bell | Beat #43 E.J. Brooks |
| 26 | 25 | David Michaud | WW | 18.81 | 9-5-0 | Prof | •12/31 vs. #77 Ray Cooper III |
Lightweight - 155 lb. limit
| Nov Rank |
Dec Rank |
Fighter | WC | Rating | Rated Record | Org | November results; •December schedule |
| 1 | 1 | Khabib Nurmagomedov | LW | 84.77 | 14-0-0 | UFC |  |
| 2 | 2 | Tony Ferguson | LW | 64.27 | 18-1-0 | UFC | |
| 3 | 3 | Dustin Poirier | LW | 48.51 | 20-6-0 | UFC | |
| 4 | 4 | Conor McGregor | LW | 38.06 | 13-2-0 | UFC | --last rated win -36 months. |
| 5 | 5 | Justin Gaethje | LW | 31.33 | 15-2-0 | UFC | |
| 6 | 6 | Diego Ferreira | LW | 29.57 | 10-2-0 | UFC | |
| 7 | 7 | Eddie Alvarez | LW | 28.92 | 26-7-0 | One | |
| 8 | 8 | Ali Bagov | LW | 28.19 | 12-7-0 | ACA | |
| 9 | 9 | Timofey Nastyukhin | LW | 28.18 | 5-3-0 | One | |
| 10 | 10 | Charles Oliveira | LW | 28.09 | 19-8-0 | UFC | Beat #101 Jared Gordon |
| 11 | 11 | Islam Makhachev | LW | 26.59 | 11-1-0 | UFC | |
| 12 | 12 | Natan Schulte | LW | 26.24 | 9-1-1 | Prof | •12/31 vs. #19 Loik Radzhabov |
| 13 | 13 | Patricky Freire | LW | 24.33 | 14-7-0 | Rizi | •12/31 vs. #55 Luiz GF dos Santos |
| 14 | 14 | Christian Lee | LW | 23.77 | 7-2-0 | One | |
| 15 | 15 | Mansour Barnaoui | LW | 23.54 | 12-4-0 | Road | |
| 62 | 16 | Kevin Lee | LW | 21.44 | 15-5-0 | UFC | Beat #16 Gregor Gillespie |
| 17 | 17 | Yusuf Raisov | LW | 21.39 | 8-1-0 | ACA | •12/14 vs. #124 Hacran Dias |
| 18 | 18 | Alexander Hernandez | LW | 21.35 | 5-1-0 | UFC | |
| 19 | 19 | Loik Radzhabov | LW | 20.82 | 3-1-1 | Prof | •12/31 vs. #12 Natan Schulte |
| 20 | 20 | Michael Chandler | LW | 20.65 | 15-5-0 | Bell | •12/28 vs. #22 Benson Henderson |
| 21 | 21 | Paul Felder | LW | 20.51 | 12-4-0 | UFC | |
| 22 | 22 | Benson Henderson | LW | 20.07 | 25-8-0 | Bell | •12/28 vs. #20 Michael Chandler |
| 23 | 23 | Abdul-Aziz Abdulvakhabov | LW | 19.94 | 7-1-0 | ACA | |
| 24 | 24 | Eduard Vartanyan | LW | 19.83 | 11-3-0 | ACA | |
| 25 | 25 | Tofiq Musayev | LW | 19.80 | 6-1-0 | Rizi | •12/31 vs. #49 Johnny Case |
Featherweight - 145 lb. limit
| Nov Rank |
Dec Rank |
Fighter | WC | Rating | Rated Record | Org | November results; •December schedule |
| 1 | 1 | Max Holloway | FW | 50.03 | 19-4-0 | UFC |  •12/14 vs. #3 Alexander Volkanovski |
| 2 | 2 | Patricio Freire | FW | 48.73 | 17-4-0 | Bell | |
| 3 | 3 | Alexander Volkanovski | FW | 40.50 | 12-0-0 | UFC | •12/14 vs. #1 Max Holloway |
| 4 | 4 | Lance Palmer | FW | 35.35 | 17-3-0 | Prof | •12/31 vs. #20 Daniel Pineda |
| 9 | 5 | Zabit Magomedsharipov | FW | 29.46 | 9-0-0 | UFC | Beat #12 Calvin Kattar |
| 5 | 6 | Mateusz Gamrot | FW | 27.32 | 9-0-0 | KSW | |
| 6 | 7 | Martin Nguyen | FW | 26.20 | 6-2-0 | One | |
| 7 | 8 | A.J. McKee | FW | 26.07 | 9-0-0 | Bell | •12/21 vs. #99 Derek Campos |
| 8 | 9 | Brian Ortega | FW | 24.95 | 7-1-0 | UFC | •12/21 vs. #50 Chan Sung Jung |
| 10 | 10 | Dan Ige | FW | 23.93 | 4-0-0 | UFC | |
| 11 | 11 | Emmanuel Sanchez | FW | 22.22 | 13-3-0 | Bell | |
| 13 | 12 | Ryogo Takahashi | FW | 21.74 | 10-3-0 | Shoo | |
| 14 | 13 | Movsar Evloev | FW | 21.44 | 7-0-0 | UFC | |
| 15 | 14 | Josh Emmett | FW | 20.80 | 9-2-0 | UFC | |
| 16 | 15 | Isao Kobayashi | FW | 20.33 | 21-5-2 | Panc | |
| 17 | 16 | Felipe Froes | FW | 20.17 | 5-2-0 | ACA | |
| 18 | 17 | Darrion Caldwell | FW | 19.24 | 9-3-0 | Bell | |
| 19 | 18 | Pedro Carvalho | FW | 18.03 | 4-0-0 | Bell | |
| 20 | 19 | Bryce Mitchell | FW | 17.71 | 4-0-0 | UFC | •12/07 vs. Matt Sayles |
| 21 | 20 | Daniel Pineda | FW | 17.68 | 13-6-0 | Prof | •12/31 vs. #4 Lance Palmer |
| 23 | 21 | Busurmankul Abdibait | FW | 17.40 | 4-0-1 | M-1 | |
| 22 | 22 | Frankie Edgar | FW | 17.32 | 17-7-1 | UFC | --last rated win -19 months. |
| 24 | 23 | Arnold Allen | FW | 16.90 | 7-0-0 | UFC | |
| 25 | 24 | Tetsuya Seki | FW | 16.87 | 11-5-1 | ZST | |
| 26 | 25 | Ilia Topuria | FW | 16.82 | 3-0-0 | Brav |
Bantamweight - 135 lb. limit
| Nov Rank |
Dec Rank |
Fighter | WC | Rating | Rated Record | Org | November results; •December schedule |
| 1 | 1 | Henry Cejudo | BW | 57.35 | 9-2-0 | UFC |  |
| 2 | 2 | Bibiano Fernandes | BW | 49.60 | 21-2-0 | One | |
| 3 | 3 | Kai Asakura | BW | 37.84 | 9-1-0 | Rizi | |
| 4 | 4 | Kyoji Horiguchi | BW | 35.29 | 26-3-0 | Rizi | |
| 5 | 5 | Aljamain Sterling | BW | 34.92 | 12-3-0 | UFC | |
| 6 | 6 | Shoko Sato | BW | 26.98 | 18-10-2 | One | |
| 7 | 7 | Marlon Moraes | BW | 26.86 | 17-4-0 | UFC | •12/14 vs. #13 Jose Aldo |
| 8 | 8 | Cory Sandhagen | BW | 25.79 | 5-1-0 | UFC | |
| 9 | 9 | Victor Henry | BW | 24.63 | 12-4-0 | Rizi | |
| 10 | 10 | Shintaro Ishiwatari | BW | 22.70 | 19-6-3 | Rizi | |
| 11 | 11 | Petr Yan | BW | 22.67 | 7-0-0 | UFC | •12/14 vs. #25 Urijah Faber |
| 12 | 12 | Hiromasa Ogikubo | BW | 21.34 | 15-4-1 | Rizi | |
| 13 | 13 | Jose Aldo | BW | 21.10 | 22-5-0 | UFC | •12/14 vs. #7 Marlon Moraes |
| 14 | 14 | Kevin Belingon | BW | 20.75 | 9-5-0 | One | --last rated win -12 months. |
| 16 | 15 | Takumi Tamaru | BW | 19.32 | 6-1-1 | Shoo | |
| 17 | 16 | Ryo Okada | BW | 19.17 | 10-3-3 | Shoo | |
| 18 | 17 | Cody Stamann | BW | 19.16 | 9-1-0 | UFC | •12/07 vs. Yadong Song |
| 19 | 18 | Casey Kenney | BW | 19.06 | 7-1-1 | UFC | |
| 15 | 19 | Dominick Cruz | BW | 18.86 | 16-2-0 | UFC | --last rated win -41 months. |
| 20 | 20 | Tatsuya Ando | BW | 18.74 | 8-2-1 | Shoo | |
| 21 | 21 | Stephen Loman | BW | 18.40 | 4-0-0 | BRAV | |
| 22 | 22 | Said Nurmagomedov | BW | 17.87 | 6-1-0 | UFC | •12/21 vs. #26 Raoni Barcelos |
| 46 | 23 | Kazuma Kuramoto | BW | 17.08 | 5-0-0 | Shoo | Beat #41 Yuta Nezu |
| 23 | 24 | John Lineker | BW | 17.00 | 11-3-0 | One | |
| 24 | 25 | Urijah Faber | BW | 16.99 | 30-10-0 | UFC | •12/14 vs. #11 Petr Yan |
Flyweight - 125 lb. limit
| Nov Rank |
Dec Rank |
Fighter | WC | Rating | Rated Record | Org | November results; •December schedule |
| 1 | 1 | Demetrious Johnson | FL | 40.26 | 21-3-1 | One |  |
| 2 | 2 | T.J. Dillashaw | FL | 30.32 | 11-3-0 | UFC | --last rated win -15 months. |
| 3 | 3 | Joseph Benavidez | FL | 28.78 | 22-5-0 | UFC | |
| 12 | 4 | Joshua Pacio | FL | 21.16 | 3-1-0 | One | Beat #23 Rene Catalan |
| 4 | 5 | Haruo Ochi | FL | 20.90 | 15-7-2 | Bell | •12/28 vs. #52 Jarred Brooks |
| 5 | 6 | Azamat Kerefov | FL | 19.93 | 4-0-0 | ACA | |
| 6 | 7 | Tatsuki Saomoto | FL | 19.59 | 10-1-0 | ZST | |
| 7 | 8 | Shohei Masumizu | FL | 19.48 | 11-3-0 | Panc | |
| 8 | 9 | Danny Kingad | FL | 19.16 | 4-1-0 | One | |
| 9 | 10 | Deiveson Figueiredo | FL | 19.07 | 7-1-0 | UFC | |
| 10 | 11 | Yosuke Saruta | FL | 18.86 | 15-7-3 | One | |
| 11 | 12 | Matt Schnell | FL | 18.76 | 4-0-0 | UFC | •12/21 vs. #42 Alexandre Pantoja |
| 13 | 13 | Jussier Formiga | FL | 18.64 | 13-6-0 | UFC | |
| 14 | 14 | Adriano Moraes | FL | 17.74 | 7-2-0 | One | |
| 15 | 15 | Zhalgas Zhumagulov | FL | 17.53 | 4-0-0 | FNG | |
| 16 | 16 | Lito Adiwang | FL | 16.74 | 2-0-0 | One | |
| 17 | 17 | Kairat Akhmetov | FL | 16.36 | 5-2-0 | One | |
| 18 | 18 | Askar Askarov | FL | 15.89 | 5-0-1 | UFC | |
| 19 | 19 | Chihiro Suzuki | FL | 15.53 | 3-0-0 | Panc | --last rated win -14 months. |
| 20 | 20 | Grant Dawson | FL | 15.44 | 6-1-0 | UFC | |
| 21 | 21 | Aleksander Doskalchuk | FL | 15.08 | 3-0-0 | M-1 | --last rated win -12 months. |
| 22 | 22 | Imran Bukuev | FL | 14.09 | 2-0-0 | ACA | |
| 24 | 23 | Yuichi Miyagi | FL | 13.72 | 6-6-1 | Para | --last rated win -12 months. |
| 25 | 24 | Makoto Takahashi | FL | 13.72 | 8-1-1 | DEEP | |
| 26 | 25 | Yuya Wakamatsu | FL | 13.70 | 10-3-0 | One |